Elizabeth Jane Kennedy
1852 - 1888 (36 years)-
Name Elizabeth Jane Kennedy [1] Birth 30 May 1852 Henderson, Tennessee, USA [2, 3] Gender Female Death 10 Dec 1888 Tennessee, USA [4] Burial Y [5] Origins Person ID I930 1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669 Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Family Leander Wesley Goff, b. 5 Oct 1854, Decatur, Tennessee, USA d. 29 Sep 1916, Henderson, Tennessee, USA (Age 61 years)
Other Partners: Lucy A. Maness m. 13 Aug 1889Marriage 27 Aug 1873 Decatur, Tennessee, USA [6] Children 1. JOHN Walter Goff, b. 1874, Tennessee, USA d. 1960 (Age 86 years) 2. John W. Goff, b. Abt 1877, Tennessee, USA d. Yes, date unknown 3. Mary Elizabeth Goff, b. 1877, Tennessee, USA d. Abt 1909 (Age 32 years)
[Mother: unknown]4. Louis L. Goff, b. Abt 1879, Tennessee, USA d. Yes, date unknown 5. Charlie T. Goff, b. Abt 1883 d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F107 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
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Notes - Something doesn't work out on her dates:
Elizabeth Goff died in 1888 or 1889. The 1898 year is probably an error in reading what was probably a badly worn stone. If you take the birth date of 5/30/1852 and add to it the age 36 yrs 9 months 16 days, you get a death date of 3/16/1889. Nothing adds up right but if she was born in 1852 and lived 36+ years, she died in 1888 or 1889 so a marriage of late 1889 is OK.
Ed
From: Mep516@aol.com To: egoff1922@chartertn.net
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005
Subject: Question on Leander Wesley GOFF
Nancy's going over all her GOFF info and comparing to mine. She had a question. Since Elizabeth KENNEDY GOFF is a double relative of yours, do you know if she and Leander divorced?
Nancy writes:" Leander Wesley Goff married wife #2 on 8-12-1889. Wife #1 didn't die till 12-16-1898! What's the right dates?"
I checked Early Marriage Records (1869-1921) of Decatur County, Tennesseep. 35 and it has
Leander Wesly GOFF - Elizabeth J. KENNEDY 27 Aug 1873
and L. W. GOFF - Lucy MANESS 13 August 1889
http://www.tngenweb.org/records/decatur/cemeteries/peace.htm
Goff, Elizebeth, May 30, 1852-Dec. 16, 1898, "Wife of L. W. Goff"
the History of Scotts Hill, TN, p. 368 has him marrying both women.
So hopefully there was a divorce, or an error in transcriptions.
- Something doesn't work out on her dates:
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Sources - [S193] CENSUS 1880 Decatur Co., TN.
- [S143] Tombstone Inscription.
- [S171] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
Record for Mary Jane Kennedy - [S93] findagrave.com.
- [S144] Cemetery Peace Chapel Scotts Hill, Tennessee.
- [S142] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Database online.
Record for Leander W Goff
- [S193] CENSUS 1880 Decatur Co., TN.